David Belasco's Lost Butterfly: The Discovery and Examination of David Belasco's Three-Act MADAME BUTTERFLY

by Jerome Martin Schwartz, Kathleen Huber (Editor)

Overview

For over a century David Belasco's MADAME BUTTERFLY has been known only in its one-act version.

The three-act Butterfly, which was Belasco's original draft, is far richer in its character development, far deeper in its depiction of the clash of two civilizations and far clearer in the prices that must be paid when such an event occurs.

This "Lost Butterfly" will answer questions left unanswered in the short play. It delves deeply into the conflicted souls of the three primary characters. The "Lost Butterfly" breathes fresh life and great meaning into the Butterfly saga.

In addition, readers can now enjoy a full-length modern rendering of Belasco's three-act play as well as his original draft captured on microfiche; both are found in Appendices A and B of this fascinating volume.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798881121556
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date:	02/07/2024
Pages:	364
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.75(d)

About the Author

Jerome Martin Schwartz is both an author and playwright. He is a graduate of the University of Delaware BA, Hunter College MA and The Graduate School of CUNY PhD focusing on eighteenth-century French theatre. On this topic he has written two books: Four Plays by Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Rousseau's Theatre for the Parisians. THE GETAWAY and ROEBLING'S DREAM. Several of his one-act plays were mounted Off-Broadway, among them THE TWISTING HELIX, THE PIPER'S CHILDREN, OVERALLS, and THE DUEL. With his wife, Kathleen Huber, he pioneered live theatre aboard luxury cruise ships in the 1970s.